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Harry Towb (1925–2009)

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Character actor of Irish and Russian-Jewish descent. Grew up in Belfast, making his bow on stage at the Guildhall Theatre in Derry, in 1946. Began acting in England from the 1950's, over the years affiliated with the National Theatre, the Abbey and Gate Theatres in Dublin, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company... See more trivia »

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(age 83) in London, England, UK

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2009 Gardens with Red Roses (short)
Grandad # 2
 
2008 EastEnders (TV series)
David
 
2001-2007 The Bill (TV series)
Frank Kennedy / George Watt / Harry Taylor
485 (2007) … Harry Taylor
206 (2004) … George Watt
The Leopard: Part 2 (2001) … Frank Kennedy
The Leopard: Part 1 (2001) … Frank Kennedy
PC Smith (2001) … Frank Kennedy
 
1992-2006 Casualty (TV series)
Sam Kelvin / Victor Brook
The Sunny Side of the Street: Part 1 (2006) … Victor Brook
Tender Loving Care (1992) … Sam Kelvin
 
2006 The 10th Man (short)
Sid
 
2005 Heartbeat (TV series)
Hugo Cummins
Mastermind (2005) … Hugo Cummins
 
2004 My Dad's the Prime Minister (TV series)
Backbencher
Exam (2004) … Backbencher
 
2003 Cheeky
Mr. Oates
 
2003 Conspiracy of Silence
Father Doherty
 
2002 Doctors (TV series)
Charlie Mills
Attention (2002) … Charlie Mills
 
2001 Holby City (TV series)
Jack Herrmann
Family Ties (2001) … Jack Herrmann
 
2000 The Most Fertile Man in Ireland
Uncle Eugene
 
1998 Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (TV short)
 
1998 Comedy Nation (TV series)
Various Roles
 
1996 Moll Flanders
Magistrate
 
1994 The Day Today (TV series)
Factgasm (1994)
 
1993 Brighton Belles (TV series)
Michael
 
1992 Screen One (TV series)
George Empson
Trust Me (1992) … George Empson
 
1992 The Camomile Lawn (TV mini-series)
Stranger
Episode #1.2 (1992) … Stranger
 
1991 So You Think You've Got Troubles (TV series)
George Nathan
Getting It Off Your Chest (1991) … George Nathan
South of the Border (1991) … George Nathan
 
1988-1990 Scene (TV series)
Mr. Downes
That Green Stuff (1990)
QPR Askey Is Dead (1988) … Mr. Downes
 
1987-1990 Home James! (TV series)
Henry Compton
Sweet P.A. (1990) … Henry Compton
Anyone for Tennis? (1988) … Henry Compton
It All Comes Out in the Wash (1987) … Henry Compton
Thinkin' on Your Feet (1987) … Henry Compton
 
1989 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV movie)
Weinstein
 
1988 Turn on to T-Bag (TV series)
Police Chief O' Reilly
Gangsters (1988) … Police Chief O' Reilly
 
1987 Lost Belongings (TV mini-series)
Roy Connell
House on Fire (1987) … Roy Connell
The American Friend (1987) … Roy Connell
Lenny Leaps In (1987) … Roy Connell
Buck Alec (1987) … Roy Connell
Deirdre (1987) … Roy Connell
 
1986 Paradise Postponed (TV mini-series)
Jack Polefax
Living in the Past (1986) … Jack Polefax
 
1986 Jossy's Giants (TV series)
Final Demand (1986)
 
1986 If Tomorrow Comes (TV mini-series)
Conductor
 
1986 Constant Hot Water (TV series)
Jackson
Full House (1986) … Jackson
 
1985 Lamb
Priest
 
1984 Lassiter
Roger Boardman
 
1984 You and Me (TV series)
 
1983 The Comic Strip Presents... (TV series)
Buzz
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983) … Buzz
 
1983 Pictures (TV mini-series)
Ziggy Olman
Episode #1.1 (1983) … Ziggy Olman
 
1981 The Gentle Touch (TV series)
Martin Hersh
Scapegoat (1981) … Martin Hersh
 
1981 The Manions of America (TV mini-series)
O'Connor
Part I (1981) … O'Connor
 
1981 Funny Man (TV series)
Myer
Trumpet Voluntary (1981) … Myer
Side by Side (1981) … Myer
 
1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Mr. Maloney
Elizabeth Alone: Part 3 (1981) … Mr. Maloney
Elizabeth Alone: Part 1 (1981) … Mr. Maloney
 
1981 Cowboys (TV movie)
 
1980 Minder (TV series)
Harry
All Mod Cons (1980) … Harry
 
1980 The Professionals (TV series)
Harry Spence
Blood Sports (1980) … Harry Spence
 
1979 The Other Side (TV series)
A Greenish Man (1979)
 
1978 Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse
Mr. Phillips
 
1975 Barry Lyndon
Innkeeper
 
1974 The Bunny Caper
Four Star General
 
1974 Marked Personal (TV series)
Bob Hammond
Episode #1.88 (1974) … Bob Hammond
Episode #1.87 (1974) … Bob Hammond
 
1974 The Girl from Petrovka
American Reporter
 
1974 Late Night Drama (TV series)
The Controller
Just Fine (1974) … The Controller
 
1974 Whodunnit? (TV series)
PC Norman Hope
The Art of Theft (1974) … PC Norman Hope
 
1974 Funny Ha-Ha (TV series)
Geoff Carter
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bear? (1974) … Geoff Carter
 
1974 Doctor at Sea (TV series)
Charlie
Floating Profits (1974) … Charlie
 
1964-1974 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Bob Childs / Connor / Frankie Stern / …
A Sense of Guilt (1974) … Fred
Reluctant Witness (1969) … Bob Childs
You Can't Buy a Miracle (1966) … Reg Bishop
The Night Man (1964) … Frankie Stern
Missing (1964) … Connor
 
1974 Crown Court (TV series)
Patrick McGinty
The Dogs: Part 1 (1974) … Patrick McGinty
 
1973 Late Night Theatre (TV series)
Gordie
Three Card Trick (1973) … Gordie
 
1973 The Fenn Street Gang (TV series)
Nick
After the Ball (1973) … Nick
 
1973 Hey Brian! (TV series)
Episode #1.3 (1973)
 
1973 Harriet's Back in Town (TV series)
Sean McGuire / Harry
Episode #1.36 (1973) … Harry
Episode #1.35 (1973) … Harry
Episode #1.34 (1973) … Sean McGuire
Episode #1.33 (1973) … Sean McGuire
Episode #1.28 (1973) … Sean McGuire
 
1972 Jackanory Playhouse (TV series)
Innkeeper
The Coming of the Kings (1972) … Innkeeper
 
1972 Island of the Great Yellow Ox (TV mini-series)
Captain
Episode #1.3 (1972) … Captain
Episode #1.2 (1972) … Captain
Episode #1.1 (1972) … Captain
 
1962-1972 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
First Workman / Mr. Bertram
The Stumbling Block (1972) … Mr. Bertram
The Folk Singer (1972) … First Workman
The Sin Shifter (1962)
 
1972 Play for Today (TV series)
Sash Walker
Carson Country (1972) … Sash Walker
 
1972 Emmerdale (TV series)
Harry Dent
 
1972 Sez Les (TV series)
Episode #5.6 (1972)
 
1962-1972 Z Cars (TV series)
Dixie Conlan / Joe Rankin / Ted Crowther / …
Haggar (1972) … Edward Sutcliffe
The Exiles: Part 2 (1969) … Dixie Conlan
The Exiles: Part 1 (1969) … Dixie Conlan
The Saint of Concrete Canyon: Part 2 (1968) … Ted Crowther
The Saint of Concrete Canyon: Part 1 (1968) … Ted Crowther
 
1971-1972 Tottering Towers (TV series)
Hairy O'Hara
Episode #1.13 (1972) … Hairy O'Hara
Episode #1.12 (1972) … Hairy O'Hara
Episode #1.11 (1971) … Hairy O'Hara
Episode #1.10 (1971) … Hairy O'Hara
Episode #1.9 (1971) … Hairy O'Hara
 
1972 Some Kind of Hero
Mannie Greenbaum
 
1971 Carry on at Your Convenience
Doctor in Film
 
1969-1971 The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (TV series)
Lew Kassio / Sullivan
The Willing Victim (1971) … Lew Kassio
The Green Mamba (1969) … Sullivan
 
1969-1971 Doctor Who (TV series)
McDermott / Osgood
 
1969-1970 The Flaxton Boys (TV series)
Daniel Shaw / Michael
1890: The Attempt (1970) … Michael
1854: The Island (1969) … Daniel Shaw
 
1970 Wreckers at Dead Eye (TV mini-series)
Jake
 
1969-1970 Callan (TV series)
Judd / Eric Marshall
A Village Called 'G' (1970) … Judd
Where Else Could I Go? (1970) … Judd
Nice People Die at Home (1969) … Eric Marshall
 
1970 Patton
American GI Cook (uncredited)
 
1969 Parkin's Patch (TV series)
Bennett
Boys (1969) … Bennett
 
1969 The Best Things in Life (TV series)
Landlord
Episode #1.1 (1969) … Landlord
 
1969 How We Used to Live (TV series)
Father
In the Garden (1969) … Father
 
1964-1969 Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series)
Wallace / Wilson
Big Ben (1969) … Wilson
The Big Fight (1964) … Wallace
 
1969 The First Lady (TV series)
Neighbours (1969)
 
1967-1969 Softly Softly (TV series)
Salmons / George Wilkins / Joe
Second Chance (1969) … Joe
 
1969 The Champions (TV series)
George
The Mission (1969) … George
 
1968 The Avengers (TV series)
Paxton
Killer (1968) … Paxton
 
1968 Mr. Rose (TV series)
Two Tone
The Less-Than-Iron-Duke (1968) … Two Tone
 
1968 The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Doctor
 
1968 Prudence and the Pill
Racetrack Official
 
1968 30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia
Mr. Woolley
 
1967 Mogul (TV series)
Calvin McQuitty
Rest You Merry (1967) … Calvin McQuitty
 
1967 Escape (TV series)
Murray
Three to a Cell (1967) … Murray
 
1964-1967 No Hiding Place (TV series)
Jamie Galloway / Stewpot O'Malley
Who Is This Mortimer? (1967) … Jamie Galloway
It's Coming Down Harder (1964) … Stewpot O'Malley
 
1967 Orlando (TV series)
Barnaby
Curtain up (1967) … Barnaby
Send for Fred Pinwaid (1967) … Barnaby
An Apple a Day (1967) … Barnaby
Clown on a Bike (1967) … Barnaby
The Show Must Go On (1967) … Barnaby
 
1966 King of the River (TV series)
Irishman
Keeping the Spirit Alive (1966) … Irishman
 
1966 The Blue Max
Kettering
 
1966 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Ernie
The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) … Ernie
 
1966 The Spies (TV series)
Tirovski
It's Much Colder Where I Come From (1966) … Tirovski
 
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Pawnbroker
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat (1965) … Pawnbroker
 
1965 Front Page Story (TV series)
Paddy Lucas
Background Only: Not for Publication (1965) … Paddy Lucas
The Public Interest (1965) … Paddy Lucas
The Quiet Load (1965) … Paddy Lucas
 
1964 Gideon C.I.D. (TV series)
Tod Cowan
Big Fish, Little Fish (1964) … Tod Cowan
 
1964 Thorndyke (TV series)
Ambrose
The Mysterious Visitor (1964) … Ambrose
 
1964 Diary of a Young Man (TV series)
1st Worker
Marriage (1964) … 1st Worker
Money (1964) … 1st Worker
 
1964 Love Story (TV series)
Barney
Spare the Tears for Happiness (1964) … Barney
 
1964 The Valiant Varneys (TV series)
Episode #1.1 (1964)
 
1963-1964 Ghost Squad (TV series)
Feyer / Harry Mason
Pay Up or Else (1964) … Harry Mason
The Menacing Mazurka (1963) … Feyer
 
1964 The Crimson Blade
Cobb (uncredited)
 
1962-1964 The Saint (TV series)
Johnny Anworth / Marty O'Conner
The High Fence (1964) … Johnny Anworth
The Man Who Was Lucky (1962) … Marty O'Conner
 
1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Johnson
The Reading Room (1963) … Johnson
 
1962 Suspense (TV series)
Chol / Radar Operator
Needle Point (1962) … Chol
Course for Collision (1962) … Radar Operator
 
1962 All Night Long
Phales
 
1961 Jacks and Knaves (TV series)
Johnny Clancy
It Was Doing Nothing (1961) … Johnny Clancy
 
1958-1961 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Howard How / Officer O'Hara / Shawn Keogh
Fairy Tales of New York (1961) … Howard How
Playboy of the Western World (1958) … Shawn Keogh
 
1961 Rendezvous (TV series)
Pat
End of a Good Man (1961) … Pat
 
1960 Crossroads to Crime
Paddy
 
1960 Who Pays the Piper? (TV movie)
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
A Box of Eyes (1959)
 
1959 The Army Game (TV series)
'Cass' Dooley / Dooley / Pvt. Dooley
 
1959 The 39 Steps
Harold (uncredited)
 
1959 The Nightwatchman's Stories (TV series)
Landlord
Twin Spirits (1959) … Landlord
 
1959 Dial 999 (TV series)
Escape (1959)
 
1959 Murder at Site 3
Kenney
 
1959 The Vise (TV series)
The Last Chapter (1959)
 
1958 Private Investigator (TV series)
Wolf Belabotana
The Missing Crucifix (1958) … Wolf Belabotana
 
1958 Sailor of Fortune (TV series)
George Bradley
The King's Four Wives (1958) … George Bradley
 
1957 The End of the Line (uncredited)
 
1957 Stranger in Town
Café Attendant (uncredited)
 
1956 Circus Friends
Larry
 
1956 Joan and Leslie (TV series)
 
1956 Eyewitness
Sugdon
 
1956 The March Hare (uncredited)
 
1956 Doublecross
Publican
 
1955 Steve Hunter, Trouble Merchant (TV series)
Wally Smith
Episode #1.2 (1955) … Wally Smith
Episode #1.1 (1955) … Wally Smith
 
1955 Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series)
Cyrus Hoot
Lord Billy Bunter (1955) … Cyrus Hoot
 
1951-1955 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Jerry Devine / Mr. Winthrop
The Legend of Pepito (1955) … Mr. Winthrop
 
1955 Above Us the Waves
McCleery
 
1955 A Prize of Gold
Benny
 
1954-1955 Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Brian O'Casey / Charlie Willis
The Case of the Split Ticket (1955) … Brian O'Casey (as Harris Towb)
The Case of Harry Crocker (1954) … Charlie Willis (as Harris Towb)
 
1955 The Time of His Life
Steele
 
1954 The Sleeping Tiger
Harry, second criminal
 
1954 Tyrant's Tower (TV movie)
Babe Newcomb
 
1954 John Wesley
Michael O'Rory
 
1954 Lovers, Happy Lovers!
Stewart (uncredited)
 
1953 Escape by Night
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1953 The Teckman Biography (TV series)
Drake
The Proposition (1953) … Drake
 
1953 The Emperor Jones (TV movie)
The auctioneer
 
1953 Strictly Personal (TV series)
Mark Leyroyd
Double Barrels (1953) … Mark Leyroyd
Wacko Wainwright Gets Pranged (1953) … Mark Leyroyd
The Rev. Pinsent Explodes a Theory (1953) … Mark Leyroyd
 
1952 I'll Get You
Immigration Officer (uncredited)
 
1952 Glory at Sea
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1951 The Quiet Woman
Jim Cranshaw
 
1950 The Gentle Gunman (TV movie)
Matt Sullivan
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1985-1991 You and Me (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
Don't Laugh (1989) … Himself - Presenter
 
1989 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Actor
How Free Is Britain? (1989) … Actor
 
1976 The Good Old Days (TV series)
Himself - Performer
Episode dated 22 January 1976 (1976) … Himself - Performer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2008 Hello, Sailor! (video documentary short)
McDermott
 
2007 Rogue Time Lords (video documentary short)
McDermott (uncredited)
 
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 

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(1962) He acted in Elaine Dundy's play, "My Place", at the Comedy Theatre in London, England with Diane Cilento, Dandy Nichols, Barry Foster, Annette Crosbie, Barbara Hicks and Betty Hare in the cast. John Dexter was the director. See more »

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Trivia:

Character actor of Irish and Russian-Jewish descent. Grew up in Belfast, making his bow on stage at the Guildhall Theatre in Derry, in 1946. Began acting in England from the 1950's, over the years affiliated with the National Theatre, the Abbey and Gate Theatres in Dublin, and with the Royal Shakespeare Company... See more »

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